Category Archives: Liberia

Updates on the Liberian Telecom Scene

Just wanted to update a few things and make some corrections. I’ve discovered that Libercell has towers in Grand Kru county, and Libercell offers GPRS data service. Not sure if this means that Libercell offers GPRS in Grand Kru, but … Continue reading

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Sapo National Park

This past weekend (4/3-6/2009) Andrew, Debb, Ashley (all from ORR), Laura, a MSF doctor, and myself went to Sapo National Park. Before we went we tried to learn as much as we could about the park and what to expect. … Continue reading

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Mamba Point Back for '09

Just a quick surf post to let all interested parties know that Mamba Point went off today. For the first time since the end of rainy season last year, Mamba Point was rideable, and then some. Myself and others enjoyed … Continue reading

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V-day, Beaches, Boxes, and Tickets

For valentines Leah Kaplan and I planned a fundraiser 80′s slow dance party. The funds were to go to a orphanage in Kakata, about an hour or so north of Monrovia. Anyway, it was obviously a lot of fun. We … Continue reading

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General Updates

So first of all let’s talk about the surfing. It’s been getting good lately. This picture to the left was taken at Kendeja, 30 minutes from where I live. And yes, that is me on that lovely little wave. It’s … Continue reading

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GPRS In Liberia – Feb 2009 Update

It has been a while since I wrote a technical post, and I’ve had a few people ask me about GPRS service in Liberia lately, so I thought it was time to take another look at the Liberian wireless data … Continue reading

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Surfing and the weather

I just wanted to make a quick post saying that the surf has picked up noticeably in these last couple of weeks. We went from really small, disorganized and choppy waves to really small, organized, nicely shaped and consistent waves. … Continue reading

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New Year

I spent my first new year’s abroad this year. Christy from the American School, Andrew, Deb, Jenn, Matt, all from Orphan Relief and Rescue(ORR), and I went up to Robertsport for three days to celebrate the new year. However, we … Continue reading

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Arrested

So I was parking my motorcycle last night outside of the Palm hotel to meet some friends for dinner when this cop came up to me and told me that I was in violation of the no bikes after 8pm … Continue reading

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Trying to catch-up

So yup, still way behind on the blog. One of the notable things that has happened recently was the full moon party at Nana’s Lodge in Robertsport. Back in October Leah and I were talking about the lack of beach … Continue reading

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